discombobulate

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The term comes from "discombobulate", which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.

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  1. transitive verb To throw into a state of confusion. See Synonyms at confuse.

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  • The term comes from "discombobulate", which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google. —  Muti
  • The long hand-held camera shots would discombobulate viewers, some executives feared.
  • Sometimes I think that Russian professor who predicts that the US will discombobulate and splinter into 4 separate regions aligned with either Japan, Canada, China, or the EU is pretty close to the 10 ring. —  Knowledge is Power
  • Bratlie's directorial nods to Brechtian production techniques -- actors changing into costumes in front of the audience, the display of a few posters, gender-blind casting -- are so much the common currency of modern staging that they fail to discombobulate anyone's perceptions or create any sense of alienation in the audience. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • A collection of some of his more recent films and solo projects, designed to alienate and discombobulate. —  Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion
 

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